When we bought this property, the owner had passed on two years earlier and the family didn't seem to be caring much for it. The barn was full of stuff, much of it not very useful because of age and lack of care. As I cleaned it out today, I did find some nice things I am happy about.
1 large chicken nesting box (metal with 14 nesting spots). It's a little rusty here and there, but I think I can sufficiently clean it up. Each box still had straw in it!
2 roosts, appear to be made of wood and look like a very straight branch, but are definitely manufactured.
3 mucking shovels
1 pitchfork
1 pickax (what does a farmer need with one of those?)
Lots of various sized nails and hardware
Lumber
I also found a hoof, intact with bone, among some farrier tools. Creepy. I assume it must have been for practice?
But the coup de gras is
5 blue Ball Perfect Mason jars, vintage (not repos!!) I only brought two in to date, one of them is circa 1923-1933 and the other is circa 1910 - 1923
I also found two lovely purple bottles, but I don't recognize them enough to date them or even to know what to call them. If anybody knows much about old bottles, I'll take a pic and post it. I would love to know what they are.
1 large chicken nesting box (metal with 14 nesting spots). It's a little rusty here and there, but I think I can sufficiently clean it up. Each box still had straw in it!
2 roosts, appear to be made of wood and look like a very straight branch, but are definitely manufactured.
3 mucking shovels
1 pitchfork
1 pickax (what does a farmer need with one of those?)
Lots of various sized nails and hardware
Lumber
I also found a hoof, intact with bone, among some farrier tools. Creepy. I assume it must have been for practice?
But the coup de gras is
5 blue Ball Perfect Mason jars, vintage (not repos!!) I only brought two in to date, one of them is circa 1923-1933 and the other is circa 1910 - 1923
I also found two lovely purple bottles, but I don't recognize them enough to date them or even to know what to call them. If anybody knows much about old bottles, I'll take a pic and post it. I would love to know what they are.